France

Military spending per person in France

Military spending per person in France: $540 in 1988 and $1,021 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$1,021
Since 1988
+$481
Rank, 2025
22 of 151
counting from the highest

US dollars per person · SIPRI

Military spending per person in FranceMilitary spending per person in France: $540 in 1988 and $1,021 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $1,021 in 2025, the lowest $469 in 2001.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $1,021 in 2025, the lowest $469 in 2001.

Every year

US dollars per person · SIPRI

YearFrance
2025$1,021
2024$956
2023$897
2022$827
2021$890
2020$813
2019$769
2018$785
2017$736
2016$704
2015$704
2014$824
2013$810
2012$786
2011$852
2010$824
2009$900
2008$888
2007$815
2006$741
2005$724
2004$732
2003$639
2002$511
2001$469
2000$480
1999$555
1998$573
1997$593
1996$669
1995$691
1994$644
1993$620
1992$660
1991$628
1990$629
1989$525
1988$540

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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